Cuisine
Open
Breakfast & Lunch daily, Dinner Tues.-Sat.Features
- Heart-healthy dishes
- Kid-friendly
- Reservations suggested
- Outdoor dining
- Casual
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| Situated in a charming historic bungalow in the heart of the Village, The Cottage is quintessential La Jolla dining. No pretensions here, so just wander in off the street after shopping trendy Girard Avenue to sample the menu of mostly California-style cuisine. The small patio bustles on weekend mornings, making it an ideal people-watching spot. We like the country-style mascarpone-stuffed french toast, the cheesy mashed potato omelet and the Cottage granola and steamed milk for breakfast. At lunchtime we recommend the grilled chicken and goat cheese salad, as well as the flat-iron steak sandwich with garlic aïoli. Enjoy summer nights sipping wine and noshing on grilled mahi mahi tacos (with avocado-cilantro sauce, napa cabbage and tomatoes in corn tortillas and a side of black beans, rice and papaya salsa) or pan-roasted wild salmon with Mediterranean couscous and tomato-olive relish. For fall we head inside to sip café au lait and eat Laura’s meatloaf with wild mushroom sauce or the puffed pastry chicken potpie. |
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